ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,021, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUXENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Asymmetric-loop cable cylinder" was invented by Philippe Garrec (Palaiseau, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable cylinder having a screw rotatable by a motor, a nut cooperating with the screw to move in the body, the cable cylinder having a pair of upstream and downstream pulleys on either side of the nut. In at least one of the pairs, the pulleys are rotationally secured to one another. The two cables each cooperating with one of the upstream cables and one of the downstream cables to define strands parallel to the ...